Environmental risk factors for Ixodes ricinus ticks and their infestation on lambs in a changing ecosystem: Implications for tick control and the impact of woodland encroachment on tick-borne disease in livestock

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• 作者：Lucy Gilbert^a ; ^{Lucy.gilbert@hutton.ac.uk} ; Kirstyn Brunker^b ; ¹ ; ^{Kirstyn.brunker@glasgow.ac.uk} ; Unni Lande^c ; ^{unni.lande@nibio.no} ; Ingeborg Klingen^d ; ^{Ingeborg.klingen@nibio.no} ; Lise Grø ; va^c ; ^{Lise.grova@nibio.no}
• 关键词：Woodland expansion ; Reforestation ; Bush encroachment ; Sheep ; Anaplasma ; Tick-borne disease
• 刊名：Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：16 January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：237
• 期：Complete
• 页码：265-273
• 全文大小：966 K
• 卷排序：237

文摘

Tick counts on ground vegetation is a good proxy of tick burdens on sheep. Tree cover on pastures relates to tick counts on sheep and on ground vegetation. Woodland encroachment onto pastures may increase sheep tick-borne disease risk.